Pinna of mature Frond, under side.
ASPLENIUM BEOWNII.
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A lla n to d ia A u stra lis,
A th y r ium Australe ,
E. Beown. K unze.
P eesl. H ookee. F e e .
Asp len ium—Spleenwort. Brow n ii—After Mr. E . Brown ; a well-known
English botanist.
I n t h e S e c t i o n A l l a n t o d i a o f A u t h o r s .
A H A N D SOM E large-growing species, well adapted for an
exhibition plant, and easily cultivated.
Introduced into England in the year 1820, and into the
Royal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. A. Cunningham, in 1824.
An evergreen greenhouse Fern.
Native of New Holland and Tasmania, (Van Diemen’s Land.)
The fronds, which are glabrous, are ovate-lanceolate in form,
and suhtripinnate ; habit somewhat pendulous. Pinnæ lanceolate,
pinnules oblong-acuminate, and the segments almost ovate, and
largest nearest to the rachis. Margin dentate.
Stipes scaly. Fronds terminal.
Rhizoma thick and creeping.
Sori oblong, short, and crowded together, covering the whole